smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed
(adjective) held in check with difficulty; “a smothered cough”; “a stifled yawn”; “a strangled scream”; “suppressed laughter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
strangled
simple past tense and past participle of strangle
Source: Wiktionary
Stran"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n. Strangling.] Etym: [OF. estrangler, F. Ă©trangler, L. strangulare, Gr. string, n. Cf. Strain, String.]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe.
2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes Shak.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.
Stran"gle, v. i.
Definition: To be strangled, or suffocated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 July 2025
(noun) the state of being a slave; “So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity”--Shakespeare
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